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Seat Recliner Motor

SEAT RECLINER MOTOR


Worldwide Diagnostic System (WDS):






Special Tool(s)

Removal

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) vehicle and when handling an airbag module. This will reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
- To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.


NOTE:
- If a seat equipped with a SRS component being serviced, the SRS must be depowered.
- The air bag warning lamp illuminates when the RCM fuse is removed and the ignition switch is ON. This is normal operation and does not indicate a SRS fault.
- The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
- The manual recliners and power recliners are serviced as part of the backrest frame.

1. Remove the front seat and depower the supplemental restraint system (SRS).
2. Remove the front seat backrest.







3. Detach the 2 pin-type retainers and trim cover flaps from the recliners.







4. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop strip can be torn from the backrest foam pad.

Release the 2 outer and inner backrest trim cover lower J-clips, hook and loop strips and partially invert the trim cover.

5. Remove the one-way push clip on the RH side of the power recliner. Slide the recliner shaft out from the LH side of the seat enough to clear the RH recliner and power recline motor.
6. Disconnect the electrical connector, remove the screw and the power recline motor.

Installation

All seats

1. CAUTION: The recliners are synchronized. Avoid rotating the recliner shaft until fully installed.

Install the recliner motor in the following sequence:
1 Position the recliner shaft through the recliner motor and RH recliner.
2 Install a new one-way push clip onto the recliner shaft at the RH recliner.
3 Slightly turn the recliner motor to align the bolt hole with the hole in the RH recliner and install the recliner motor bolt.
- Tighten to 6 Nm (53 lb-in).

4 Connect the recliner motor electrical connector.

2. Roll the backrest trim cover down, attach the hook and loop strips and connect the inner and outer backrest trim cover lower J-clips.
3. Attach the 2 pin-type retainers and trim cover flaps to the recliners.
4. Install the front seat backrest.
5. Install the front seat and repower the SRS. If a passenger seat has been serviced, do not prove out the SRS at this time.

Passenger seat
6. Carry out the Zero Seat Weight Test and prove out the SRS. Zero Seat Weight Test